Mark Williams

What transpires when men transition into fatherhood? Why do some fathers blossom, many fathers struggle, and how can we pinpoint those who do? What implications does this have for their offspring and their relationships? What measures can we take to address this? This book illuminates the multifaceted aspects of antenatal/postnatal anxiety and depression in fathers - a topic unfamiliar to many. It encompasses a diverse range of perspectives, including recent studies and research in this field, and sharing their voices to normalise the conversation.With the high risk of suicide in new fathers and better outcomes for the whole family and the developing baby when we support fathers. Shouldn't we be asking "How Are You dad"?

Tietoinen läsnäolo paljastaa joukon yksinkertaisia mutta tehokkaita menetelmiä. Voimme soveltaa niitä jokapäiväiseen elämäämme päästäksemme irti ahdistuksen, stressin, tyytymättömyyden ja uupumuksen oravanpyörästä. Jo muutaman minuutin päivittäinen läsnäolon harjoittaminen edistää mielen hyvinvointia. Kirja pohjautuu tietoiseen läsnäoloon perustuvaan kognitiiviseen terapiaan (Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, MBCT). Teos on suunnattu kaikille tietoisen läsnäolon soveltamisesta kiinnostuneille.

Born in early seventies. Mark went through school unaware that he had ADHD and dyslexia until he was forty. Told by a teacher he wouldn't amount to much, he became a British champion before leaving school at fifteen. When the nighties came, he went down a road of drink and drugs until he met his future wife, Michelle. Now he was a successful sales person and earning more than the teachers who told him he would never get a job. His biggest battle was anxiety and depression. After thoughts of suicide, he changed his career and ended up working in youth and mental health sectors, having experienced and witnessed horrific events. Today, Mark believes that with support, anyone can grow from trauma (known as post-traumatic growth). Mark is now an international campaigner, keynote speaker. published author, trainer and consultant. Appearing on television and radio stations, raising awareness of mental health worldwide. He was awarded the British Citizen Award for Healthcare at Westminster in 2023.

Mogut li igrushki ozhivat?Avtor "Pljushevogo krolika", znamenitaja britanskaja pisatelnitsa Mardzheri Uiljams, sovershenno uverena: da, mogut! No ozhivit ikh sposobna tolko iskrennjaja i nezhnaja detskaja ljubov. Ljubaja igrushka - bolshaja ili malenkaja, staraja ili novaja, dorogaja ili ne ochen - stanovitsja zhivoj, kogda rebjonok po-nastojaschemu privjazyvaetsja k nej, a ne prosto igraet. Tak sluchilos i s malenkim Pljushevym krolikom.Trogatelnaja skazka uzhe bolshe sta let ostajotsja populjarnoj, puteshestvuet po miru i pomogaet malenkim chitateljam po-novomu vzgljanut na davno znakomye i ljubimye igrushki.A nezhnye illjustratsii Sary Massini pogruzhajut chitatelja v tjopluju atmosferu druzhby i dobrykh chudes.Perevodchik: Virozub Mikhail RafailovichKhudozhnik: Massini Sara

Brice Duvall realizes his employer, the International Space Administration (INSPAD), is a highly corrupt monolith. Disgusted and morose, he wants INSPAD to fire him so he can collect severance pay. Unexpectedly, he is tasked with heading up a public relations scam. Brice opts to turn his final mission into a free trip to the moon.To expose fraud, Brice must become a fraud.His assignment is to select two "ordinary people" for training and to join scientists and engineers living and working on the moon. Using feigned courage and daring, he turns his public-relations mission into his own confidence game. While biting the hand that feeds him, he hopes to open the eyes of "ordinary people" concerning the corrupt, wasteful, and deceitful nature of INSPAD. Predictably, he succumbs to earthly snares. His plan becomes complicated and dangerous. Too late, he realizes his scheme may endanger people's lives - including his own.

"Remember When" invites readers on an intimate journey through the author's world, a collection of short stories and reflections that traverse the tapestry of existence. With a blend of introspection and keen observation, the author navigates through diverse landscapes of people, places, animals, and self-discovery.The stories within this book serve as windows into the author's soul, revealing moments of vulnerability, triumph, and growth. Through encounters with individuals from all walks of life, readers witness the rich complexity of human interactions and the myriad ways in which virtues and values shape our paths. As the author shares explorations of compassion, courage, and the search for contentment, readers are prompted to reflect on their own lives and aspirations.

Alone in the known universe the Earth glows bright with life, a unique cosmic oasis of biodiversity which is now under threat from our own actions. The Earth is a unique as a living planet, a cosmic oasis drifting in the vastness of barren space. It is strikingly and obviously different from our nearest heavenly neighbours, the Moon, Venus and Mars, in its thin skin of biology, extending from the surface for a few kilometres into the crust, and for a few tens of kilometres into the air. But how did this remarkable abundance and diversity of life arise? How has life survived over the enormous time frame of Earth's history? And does it continue to flourish now, especially with the growing pressure for space from humans? The Cosmic Oasis examines life on Earth, from our earliest interactions with animals and plants to our absolute domination of biology. It follows our developing understanding of life's origins, its remarkable complexity, and its interactions with the air, oceans and land. It also shows how patterns of diversity across the surface of the planet evolved, and how humans are now homogenising these, degrading both biodiversity and the space in which life can exist. Within this overall trend of loss there are some remarkable examples of survival, from the beneficial relationships between the gelada monkeys and wolves of the Ethiopian highlands, and the people and brown howler monkeys of Porte Allegre in Brazil, to interactions between you and your gut microbiome. Thoughout, the authors ask what these interactions can teach us about building a better relationship with nature, and consider how we might become stewards, rather than destructive exploiters, of the life around us.

Mindfulness-työkirjassa on 8 viikon ohjelma, jonka MBTC:henperustuva menetelmä on kliinisissä tutkimuksissa osoittautunut erittäin tehokkaaksi hoidoksi masennukseen ja ahdistukseen. Kirjassa on harjoituksia (tehtäväksi itsekseentai osana terapiaa), hyödyllisiä vinkkejä ja työkaluja omanedistyksen seuraamiseen.

How do myths that were deeply embedded in the customs and beliefs of their original culture find themselves retold and reinterpreted across the world, centuries or even millennia later? Focusing on ten myths that have had the greatest cultural impact and are the most relevant to our lives today, Mark Williams reveals the lasting influence of Celtic mythology, from medieval literature to the modern fantasy genre. Ten chapters recount the myths and explore the lasting influence of legendary figures including King Arthur, the Celtic figure who paradoxically became the archetypal English national hero; Cú Chulainn, the hero of the Táin, Ireland’s great medieval epic, who became a symbol of the reborn Irish nation; the Irish and Scottish hero Finn, who as ‘Fingal’ caught the imagination of Napoleon, Goethe and Mendelssohn; and the Welsh mythical figure Blodeuwedd, magically created from flowers of the oak, who inspired Yeats. Williams also explores the contentious use of mythic imagery in nationalist ideology, and how characters and concepts from Celtic legends have been relevant to past and present discussions on national identity. His elegantly written retellings capture the beauty of the original myths while also delving deeper into the history of their meanings, offering the reader an intelligent and engaging take on these powerful stories. Beautiful illustrations of the artworks these myths have inspired over the centuries are presented in a colour-plates section and in black-and-white within the text. Mark Williams' mythological expertise and captivating writing style makes this book essential reading for anyone who appreciates the myths that have shaped our artistic and literary canons and continue to inspire today. With 77 illustrations

Twisted - sobytijno-orientirovannyj setevoj frejmvork na jazyke Python. Dannaja kniga napisana veduschimi spetsialistami po Twisted, kotorye prodemonstrirujut, v chem sostoit unikalnost etogo frejmvorka, i oznakomjat vas s proektami, v kotorye oni lichno vnesli svoj vklad.Na prakticheskikh primerakh illjustriruetsja, kak arkhitektura Twisted sposobstvuet testirovaniju, reshaet obschie problemy nadezhnosti, otladki i uproschaet vyjavlenie prichinnosledstvennykh svjazej. Opisyvajutsja priemy asinkhronnogo programmirovanija i podcherkivaetsja vazhnost otlozhennogo vyzova funktsij i soprogramm.Perevodchik: Kiselev A. N.Redaktor: Movchan D. A.

Humans rank with the powerful forces of nature transforming Earth. Since the mid-20th century, population growth, industrialization, and globalization have had such deep and wide-ranging impacts that our planet no longer functions as it did during the previous eleven millennia. So distinctive is this collective human intervention that a new geological interval has been proposed; it is called the Anthropocene. The Anthropocene is intriguing scientifically, fascinating intellectually, and deeply disturbing politically, socially, economically, and ethically. We must learn how to co-exist sustainably with the rest of nature in what is emerging as a new planetary state. To do so, we must first understand what "Anthropocene" means in all its dimensions. This book adopts a multidisciplinary approach, starting with an exploration of the Anthropocene as a geological concept: ranging across the physical changes to the landscape, to the rapidly heating climate, to a biosphere undergoing transformation. And what of the "anthropos" in the Anthropocene? While geoscience does not normally address political and ethical issues of justice and equity, or economics and culture, Anthropocene studies in the humanities and social sciences investigate the complexities of the human activity driving global change. Here the book looks at human history, both in the deep past and more recently, the politics and economics of growth spurring the Anthropocene, and potential ways of mitigating its cruel effects. Our fragile, still beautiful, planet is finite. The new realities of the Anthropocene will need our best efforts, across disciplinary divides, at effective hope and action.

Humans rank with the powerful forces of nature transforming Earth. Since the mid-20th century, population growth, industrialization, and globalization have had such deep and wide-ranging impacts that our planet no longer functions as it did during the previous eleven millennia. So distinctive is this collective human intervention that a new geological interval has been proposed; it is called the Anthropocene. The Anthropocene is intriguing scientifically, fascinating intellectually, and deeply disturbing politically, socially, economically, and ethically. We must learn how to co-exist sustainably with the rest of nature in what is emerging as a new planetary state. To do so, we must first understand what "Anthropocene" means in all its dimensions. This book adopts a multidisciplinary approach, starting with an exploration of the Anthropocene as a geological concept: ranging across the physical changes to the landscape, to the rapidly heating climate, to a biosphere undergoing transformation. And what of the "anthropos" in the Anthropocene? While geoscience does not normally address political and ethical issues of justice and equity, or economics and culture, Anthropocene studies in the humanities and social sciences investigate the complexities of the human activity driving global change. Here the book looks at human history, both in the deep past and more recently, the politics and economics of growth spurring the Anthropocene, and potential ways of mitigating its cruel effects. Our fragile, still beautiful, planet is finite. The new realities of the Anthropocene will need our best efforts, across disciplinary divides, at effective hope and action.